Our Donors

Corporate, foundation and organization supporters

Many thanks to these generous supporters of City Lights! Here’s a partial list.

Individual Donors

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The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+)

City Of San Jose, Office Cultural Affairs
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Trailblazers ($50,000+)

Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

Terry & Catherine Graff, in memory of Julia Moore
The Shubert Foundation

The Innovators ($10,000+)

Applied Materials Community Foundation, a corporate advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Constance & Paul Boulay
Google Matching Gifts
Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
Charlie McCollum
Sandra Moll and Rick Holden
Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
Silicon Valley Creates
State of California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
Rick & Violet Boyle, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
Dan Hill
The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
Richard & Peggy James
Wanda Kownacki Fund, a donor advised fund, in memory of Rick Holden
Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin, in memory of Rick Holden
David May, in honor of Keith May
Clint Moore
Richard Newton
San Jose Downtown Association
Santa Clara County
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan
The Valley Foundation Donor Advised Fund

The Movers & Shakers ($2,500+)

Niall Adler
Jason and Laura Bennert
Sarah Clish*
Karen DeHart
Lauren Doyle & Justin Pease
Benjamin Hemmen
Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Jacqueline & Richard Mayer, in memory of Rick Holden
Christian Pizzirani & Evelyn Huynh
Carl & Marianne Salas
San Jose Water Company
Geri Weimers
Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Engagers ($1000+)

Adobe Employee Matching Program
Anonymous
Deb and Paul Anderson
Anonymous
Apple Matching Gifts Fund
Barry Swenson Builder
Dena Behnam
Aldo Billingslea
Lisa Buchanan & John Blair
Alyssa Byrkit
Steven & Karin Chase
Gary & Janice Cherrier
Patricia Curia
The Joel Dean Foundation
Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
Scott & Jennifer Eckerman
Dan Flynn
Barbara Fraser
Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
The Goldfeldt Fund
Google Matching Gifts
Steve Grant and Marni Kamzan, in memory of Rick Holden
Erik Gutfeldt & Deb Goldeen
Denise & Jim Heick
David and Cheryl Heiman
Laura Henderson and Jason Silva
Nan Ho & Gary Miner
Intel Matching Gifts
Intuitive Surgical
The Kieve Foundation
Jan & Sofia M. Laskowski
Nicole Letellier
Aaron Loeb & Kathy Roberts
Cliff Maas
Maria & Steve Marquis
Toby McChesney
Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
Douglas Moore
Victoria Moore
Gillian Moran
Ross Nelson*
Miranda Abrahams & Kirk Nichols
Molly & James Olivas
Daniel Pappone
Maryellen Petrich*
Richard & Cheryl Pittenger, in honor of Christy Martin
Glenn Reed
SJ Resch, CPA
Kimberly Ridgeway
Joyce & Campbell Scott
ServiceNow
Christopher Slater
John & Amanda Straigis
TheatreDNA
The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
Omar Torres
Carol & Dan Turner*
Kevin Ung
Damian I. Vega
Mike & Katy Vick
Jospeh Buck & Christine Welsh-Buck Donor Fund
Nancy Wheeler
Mohamed Ismail & Jessica Whittemore

The Dreamers ($500+)

Cheryl Barker
Arjun Batra
Martha C. Beattie
Susan Benjamin
Jan & Mike Bergkamp
Tom and Larel Bondi
Jeffrey Bracco
Bryan Brown In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Noel Butler, in memory of Phil Kurjan
Barbara Canup
Julie Carlson
Virginia Carpio
Dave & Jeff Chandler
Rosalee and Bob Clarke*
Pat and Chuck Corr
Jane Decker
Joseph & Michelle Dittberner
Bien Doan
Virginia Drake
Brad & Candace Eggleston
Jerald Enos
William Ereneta*
Sandra & Clayton Feldman
Martin & Barbara Fishman
Pam Foley
Bert George
Sophie P. Giles & John C. Hurd
The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
Phil and Diane Griego, in honor of Carl Cookson
Rose & John Henderson
Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
Gary Hubbard
Sonya and Robert Hubenette
Michael Kelley & Jill Huchital
Intuit Matching Gifts
Edward James
Jon Jenkins and Renee Schell
KLA Foundation
James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Janikke Klem & Leon Glover
Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
Terry & Bill Krivan
Karen S. Leonard & Cheryl Lander
Roy Leonard
Amoreena Lucero*
Judith Marlin
Micron Technologies
Alys Milner
Jason Molenda
Barbara Murray*
Caitlin Papp
Bart Perry
Amy and Sal Pizarro
James Reber
Michelle Sams
Sempra Engery Matching Fund
Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
Alison Steel
David Taylor
Valbridge Property Advisors
Virginia Walbot
XL Construction
Paul and Anne Younan
Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss*

The Doers ($250+)

Kerry Adams-Hapner, in memory of Rick Holden
Karen & Richard Ajluni
Dale Allison
Robert B. Ames
Nanci Amolsch & Brian Buhrow
Adonna Amoroso
Allie Bailey
Abe and Jacky Baily
Dr. James Bangsund
Nancy & Clayton Bavor
Thomas Becker
Janice Berling
The Beuermans
Steve and Marcia Block
Christina Bolognini
Matt & Sarah Brockmeyer
Scott Brown and Alex Fitzpatrick
Don & Becky Brownson
Erica Bulycz
Helena G. Clarkson
Darryl and Carolyn Compton
Carolyn Coulson
Randy Cross
Bill and Alicia Davidovich
Randy DeBoer, In memory of Rick Holden
Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia
April Durrett & Matt Reilly
Karen English & John Engell
Vikki Essert
Derek Foster
Walter & Aletha Fulgham
Lisa Burton Guevara
Marcie Gugenheim
Craig Hamilton
John and Barbara Harriman
Catherine and Judd Heape, in honor of Deb Anderson
David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
Chris Heinbokel
Leigh Henderson
Heritage Bank of Commerce
Ashley Hiatt, in memory of Don Hiatt
David & Karen Hook
Michael Johnson, In memory of Howard Miller
Julia Jones
Leah & Keith Jones In memory of Richard Holden
Diane Jonte-Pace, in memory of Rick Holden
Edward Joy
Sandra Jozefowicz
Karen Kienzle
Mike Lambert
Theresa Lees, in honor of Rick Holden
Janet Lemon
Dane K. Lentz
Sarah Levy
Lisa Mallette
Joyce Manina
William Maples
Keith Marshall, Vice President of the George Psarras Fan Club
Jim & Christina Martin
Gary & Debbi Maxwell
John McAvoy
Bill McCraw & Janet Muscio
Hugh & Debbie McDevitt, a donor advised fund
William & Allison Medlin
Charlie & Jean Platner Mendoza
Judith Miller
Ryan Monsen
Michael Mulhern & Glen Cantrell
Neil & Phyllis Newman
Wendy Nichols
John & Lisa Pampuch
Lee Ann Payne & Chris Reber
Karen Altree Piemme
Marilyn Pifer
Sarah Purdie
Roneet Rahamim & Max Tachis
Raegena Raymond-Brunker & Kris Brunker
Matt & Samantha Resch
Michael Rhone
Matt & Emily Roben
Kaye-Alisa Rowan
Sherri R. Sager
Jennifer Sandretto
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Anonymous
James Siebert
Gerald Smilovitz
Anonymous
Dave & RuthE Stein
Cameron Sturdevant
Victoria Taketa
Lynn Telford
Anonymous
Harrison-Ullmann Philanthropic Fund, a donor advised fund at the Jewlsh Silicon Valley
Alexandra Urbanowski
Mark & Cris Vaughan
Dianne Vega
Tom Wagner
Cathy & Randy Warshawsky
Shannon Wass
Mark and Jeri Waxman In memory of Rick Holden
Mikey Weiland
DJ & Linda Whipple
Ronald Whittier Family Foundation
Kit Wilder
James D. Williams
Nanci Williams
Katherine Yates

The Believers ($100+)

Julia and Dmitriy Afanasyev
Dale Albright
Peter Allen
Anonymous
Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
Leo-Michael and Martine Anshutz
Rosalie Arntzen
Anonymous
Iris Berke
Brian & Stephanie Bianco
Gail Thornton Borkowski
Constance Carpenter
Anonymous
John & Agnes Caulfield
Patti Clinkenbeard & Tamara Swain
Helen Cockrum
Elsa Cumpton
Kristi & Ed DaSilva
Anonymous
Sara & Phil Dean
Bob Decker
Chris del Pilar
Louis Delucas
Jerry Di Salvo
Linda Dydo
Tara Ferguson
Janice Frazier & Daniel J. Dawson
Jane Frommer and Stephen Boyer
Rodrigo Garcia-Reyes
Carol Garvey
Marie Gaskins In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Steven & Dawn Gerdt
Wayne & Estelle Glass
Barbara Goldstein*, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Gabriella Goldstein
Mary Goldstein
Google Corporation
Alice Gosak Gary
Kenneth Gott
Susan and Chris Grasso In memory of Rick Holden
Anonymous
Beverly Hansberry
Curt Hansen In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Gary Harris
Susan Hartt
Nicole Hawkins
Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
Jane Hiatt
Roger and Karen Huitric In memory of Rick Holden
Kim James
Kathleen Johnson
Russell Johnson
Nancy Palmer Jones
Christine Kacirek In honor of Don Hiatt
Rachel Kalin & Byron Stevens
Deanna & Al Knickerbocker
Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
Christine Kraft In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Sandra Krakowski
Adrielle Krantzler
Jon Kull
Bill & Rhonda Lakatos
Charlene Laymon
Kate & Tim Leehane
Cindy Ling
Ted Lorraine
Anonymous
Barbara McCreight In memory of Rick Holden
Dennis McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Chuck Mcloughlin In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Yvonne & Jim McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Lisa K. Miller
Robert Miller
Teresa & Dan Morley
Anonymous
Ashwini Mulgaonkar
Omar & Brian Murad
Mai Norman In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Michael Norris
Kenneth Noyes
Andrew Oliver
Linda Orandi
Anonymous
Perspective Theatre Company
Caterina & Don Peterson, in honor of Anne Younan
Pintuna Inc.
Joni Podolsky, In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Alex Powers
Basab Pradhan
Billl Prince
Deborah Regalbuto
Ray Renati
Jackie Roach
Janice Rombeck
Anonymous
Donna Schank In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Joe Singer*
Matt & Val Singer
Dorothy Sloan & Brett Silveira
Janet Smick
David Snow & Rosemary Elliott-Snow
Erin Southard
Harold & Linda Spencer
Laura Sternberg
Christina Sturken
Susan Suffel
Anonymous
Anonymous
Donna Terman & William Brown
John & Cici Teter
Della Thurgood
Leah Toeniskoetter
Patricia Toft
The Family of Rudy & Anna Vitali, In memory of Our Beloved Cousin, Margaret “Maggie” McLoughlin
Rebecca Wallace In memory of Mark Stern
Joseph Weinstein In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Gary Weiss
Richard Wells
Judy West
Colleen Wilcox In memory of Rick Holden
Gerrye and Calvin Wong
Bill Parkhurst & Amy Wright
Andy Younan In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Timothy Young

*Sustained Giving Program
Those donors marked with an asterisk (*) are members of City Lights’ Sustained Giving Program, and have their donations charged automatically each month to provide invaluable, ongoing support throughout the year.